An earthquake in Haiti.
14 JANUARY 2010 – One of the favorite devices used by political scientists of the literal variety is the “doomsday” clock. According to the Telegraph, they’re resetting the thing today. In view of the rest of the news, especially in Haiti, this overtly political pseudo-scientific gesture seems even more trivial than usual. Nevertheless, if you want to know how close scientists predict we are to the abyss, you can sit on the edge of your seat, bite your nails, and watch it live on the internet. It’s the lab-coat crowd’s version of geezers-in-sneakers watching the Al Gore movie then screaming, “The world’s going to end!”
That part’s true. The world, this one anyway, is going to end. But when and how is the anybody’s-guess part. (Continued)
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